Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 88 52
Rank change year-on-year -25 -36 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,215 1,961 2,516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.22% 3.09% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.59% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 801 1,119 1,972
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £112,500 £111,746
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,786 54,654 47,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.83% 86.14% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,991 28,426 36,268
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.31% +4.37% -0.94%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 1,131 £77,500 +10.71% 532
London +10 658 £85,000 - 228
UK excluding London -73 510 £70,000 +7.69% 440
Work from Home -19 501 £75,000 +11.11% 396
North of England -26 205 £70,000 +14.37% 109
North West 0 127 £70,000 +12.00% 61
South East -82 108 £70,000 +3.70% 161
Midlands +15 69 £72,500 +11.54% 60
Yorkshire -32 65 £75,000 +22.54% 33
South West -52 54 £62,500 - 54
Scotland -38 43 £66,000 -0.38% 24
West Midlands +20 41 £70,000 +7.69% 41
East of England -9 29 £77,500 +29.17% 23
East Midlands -1 26 £77,500 +19.23% 17
North East -7 13 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Wales -8 5 £55,200 +0.36% 13
Northern Ireland -13 2 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.06%) Apache
2 25 (2.06%) Confluence
3 24 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (0.91%) CMS
5 11 (0.91%) JBoss
6 9 (0.74%) Appian
7 8 (0.66%) nginx
7 8 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.58%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.49%) IIS
10 4 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.082%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.082%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.082%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (1.73%) Maya
2 12 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.74%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.66%) Endur
4 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.25%) Shopify
7 1 (0.082%) Actimize
7 1 (0.082%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.082%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.082%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.082%) Quorum
7 1 (0.082%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.082%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 640 (52.67%) AWS
2 572 (47.08%) Azure
3 198 (16.30%) GCP
4 181 (14.90%) Serverless
5 150 (12.35%) SaaS
6 125 (10.29%) GitHub
7 119 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (6.75%) Amazon EKS
9 70 (5.76%) Amazon S3
10 66 (5.43%) Amazon ECS
11 63 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
12 61 (5.02%) PaaS
13 54 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
14 44 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
15 42 (3.46%) Amazon SQS
16 40 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
16 40 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
17 39 (3.21%) IaaS
18 36 (2.96%) Power Platform
19 31 (2.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.91%) HTTP
1 11 (0.91%) Network Security
2 8 (0.66%) AMQP
3 5 (0.41%) Firewall
3 5 (0.41%) Internet
3 5 (0.41%) WAN
4 3 (0.25%) Broadband
4 3 (0.25%) Multicast
5 2 (0.16%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.16%) LAN
5 2 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.082%) DNS
6 1 (0.082%) MQTT
6 1 (0.082%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.082%) SSL
6 1 (0.082%) TCAP
6 1 (0.082%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (13.50%) NoSQL
2 158 (13.00%) PostgreSQL
3 148 (12.18%) MongoDB
4 134 (11.03%) SQL Server
5 75 (6.17%) Relational Database
6 56 (4.61%) DynamoDB
6 56 (4.61%) MySQL
7 50 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 45 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
9 30 (2.47%) Big Data
10 28 (2.30%) Redis
11 26 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
12 25 (2.06%) RDBMS
13 21 (1.73%) Power BI
14 18 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (1.15%) Data Lake
15 14 (1.15%) Tableau
16 12 (0.99%) DB2
17 8 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
18 7 (0.58%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 157 (12.92%) Git
2 122 (10.04%) Jenkins
3 56 (4.61%) JIRA
4 50 (4.12%) JUnit
5 48 (3.95%) GitLab
6 42 (3.46%) Selenium
7 35 (2.88%) Cucumber
8 32 (2.63%) JMeter
9 31 (2.55%) Mockito
10 24 (1.98%) TeamCity
11 18 (1.48%) Bitbucket
12 16 (1.32%) Cypress.io
12 16 (1.32%) Maven
13 15 (1.23%) CircleCI
14 14 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
15 11 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (0.82%) git-flow
16 10 (0.82%) Postman
17 8 (0.66%) SonarQube
17 8 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 377 (31.03%) Finance
2 346 (28.48%) Social Skills
3 148 (12.18%) Law
4 146 (12.02%) Banking
5 111 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 73 (6.01%) Public Sector
8 62 (5.10%) Retail
9 49 (4.03%) Marketing
10 48 (3.95%) Financial Institution
11 46 (3.79%) Games
12 32 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (2.55%) French Language
14 30 (2.47%) Billing
14 30 (2.47%) Dutch Language
15 27 (2.22%) Legal
15 27 (2.22%) Telecoms
16 26 (2.14%) Back Office
17 20 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.48%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 405 (33.33%) Developer
2 267 (21.98%) Senior
3 238 (19.59%) Architect
4 237 (19.51%) Software Engineer
5 203 (16.71%) Lead
6 120 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
7 107 (8.81%) Java Developer
8 103 (8.48%) .NET Developer
9 82 (6.75%) Java Engineer
10 79 (6.50%) Full-Stack Developer
11 78 (6.42%) Senior Developer
12 70 (5.76%) Senior Software Engineer
13 63 (5.19%) Lead Developer
14 59 (4.86%) Java Software Engineer
15 52 (4.28%) Software Developer
16 49 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 43 (3.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 40 (3.29%) Lead Architect
19 39 (3.21%) Principal Engineer
19 39 (3.21%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (25.76%) .NET
2 266 (21.89%) React
3 256 (21.07%) RESTful
4 219 (18.02%) Spring
5 199 (16.38%) Kafka
5 199 (16.38%) REST
6 188 (15.47%) Spring Boot
7 145 (11.93%) AngularJS
8 131 (10.78%) Node.js
9 123 (10.12%) .NET Core
10 113 (9.30%) HTML
11 77 (6.34%) CSS
12 76 (6.26%) .NET Framework
13 69 (5.68%) ASP.NET
14 68 (5.60%) ASP.NET Web API
15 63 (5.19%) Hibernate
16 62 (5.10%) RabbitMQ
17 59 (4.86%) Entity Framework
18 58 (4.77%) Web Services
19 56 (4.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 342 (28.15%) Cloud Native
2 182 (14.98%) Distributed Systems
3 115 (9.47%) Enterprise Software
4 102 (8.40%) Product Ownership
5 56 (4.61%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (3.13%) Virtual Team
8 35 (2.88%) Algorithms
9 30 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (2.30%) Data Structures
10 28 (2.30%) Onboarding
11 26 (2.14%) Distributed Architecture
11 26 (2.14%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.06%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.89%) Blockchain
14 22 (1.81%) Management Information System
15 20 (1.65%) Mobile App
16 17 (1.40%) Low-Code
17 16 (1.32%) IoT
18 14 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.69%) Linux
2 28 (2.30%) Windows
3 17 (1.40%) Android
4 9 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.41%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.25%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) CentOS
7 2 (0.16%) Debian
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.082%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (51.85%) Agile
2 557 (45.84%) CI/CD
3 490 (40.33%) DevOps
4 403 (33.17%) Software Engineering
5 261 (21.48%) Containerisation
6 260 (21.40%) Full-Stack Development
7 257 (21.15%) AI
8 237 (19.51%) Mentoring
9 233 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (16.71%) Event-Driven
11 200 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 175 (14.40%) Roadmaps
13 174 (14.32%) TDD
14 161 (13.25%) Computer Science
15 158 (13.00%) SDLC
16 155 (12.76%) Test Automation
17 150 (12.35%) Scrum
18 135 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
19 134 (11.03%) Clean Code
20 132 (10.86%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 425 (34.98%) Java
2 317 (26.09%) C#
3 296 (24.36%) Python
4 290 (23.87%) SQL
5 259 (21.32%) JavaScript
6 192 (15.80%) TypeScript
7 56 (4.61%) Go
8 39 (3.21%) Shell Script
9 31 (2.55%) Kotlin
10 25 (2.06%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.73%) PHP
12 20 (1.65%) C++
13 18 (1.48%) PowerShell
14 17 (1.40%) C
14 17 (1.40%) Rust
15 14 (1.15%) Ruby
16 13 (1.07%) Bash
16 13 (1.07%) Scala
17 8 (0.66%) Bicep
18 6 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 194 (15.97%) Degree
2 115 (9.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 93 (7.65%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.35%) AWS Certification
6 59 (4.86%) Master's Degree
7 38 (3.13%) Azure Certification
8 37 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 35 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (0.91%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.74%) PMP
13 7 (0.58%) CISM
13 7 (0.58%) CISSP
14 6 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.41%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.41%) QA
2 28 (2.30%) GDPR
3 23 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.91%) SLA
6 10 (0.82%) IFRS
6 10 (0.82%) NIST
7 9 (0.74%) IFRS 17
7 9 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 8 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.66%) EMIR
8 8 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.41%) SEPA
11 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 3 (0.25%) WCAG
13 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.16%) PSD2
13 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 366 (30.12%) Docker
2 15 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.16%) Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) HDFS
4 2 (0.16%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 377 (31.03%) Kubernetes
2 163 (13.42%) Terraform
3 47 (3.87%) Grafana
4 39 (3.21%) Ansible
5 30 (2.47%) Kibana
6 24 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.15%) Argo
9 4 (0.33%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.33%) Puppet
10 2 (0.16%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.16%) Istio
10 2 (0.16%) Mesos
10 2 (0.16%) Nagios
11 1 (0.082%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.082%) Rancher
Vendors
1 194 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.19%) Oracle
3 34 (2.80%) Guidewire
4 27 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.14%) SAP
5 26 (2.14%) Splunk
6 25 (2.06%) Dynatrace
6 25 (2.06%) Google
7 18 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
9 15 (1.23%) MuleSoft
10 12 (0.99%) Duck Creek
11 11 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (0.91%) IBM
12 10 (0.82%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 10 (0.82%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.74%) Red Hat
13 9 (0.74%) Software AG